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This is why gerrymandering needs to get stabbed in its cold reptilian heart till it's dead. GOP congressmen have found a way to bypass the whole bothersome "representing your constituents" thing that was getting in the way of blatant whoring and treason.

I understand your sentiment, but I think it is shortsighted. People will work for ICE - someone will do the jobs. I would even argue for the necessity of ICE, judiciously operated. Under the current administration, it's anything but judiciously operated. We need decent human beings working for ICE - the more, the better, and at every level. Control is being executed by monsters, which is shaking the decent humans out of the organization. Is this what we want - heartless monsters in every position?

I have mixed feelings. On the one hand, I applaud anyone who refuses to be a party to lying to the public. On the other, however, the organization will replace him with someone without a compunction against lying to the public. In standing up for decency, he relinquished his seat to indecency.

To be fair, ICE also investigates/prosecutes human trafficking — eg, sex workers and others brought to this country who are promised employment, then have their passports stolen and are literally enslaved in the U.S. — along with other international crimes, e.g., the “Jamaican Lottery” scams that stole millions from elderly Americans.

I could not be more critical of US law enforcement, including ICE (border patrol being the easiest federal LE job to get, and therefore employing dangerously unqualified people who want an easy way into a federal job where they get a gun) .... and there’s probably a great argument for disbanding the entire agency and reimagining it from the ground up, as there is for just about every American LE agency. But ICE does prosecute human slavery inside the US, which is a necessary and noble pursuit.

I'd argue that the folks working the "customs" side of the house are doing a necessary job for the country. I'd also argue that the immigration side just needs dome policy changes to be acceptable again.

As he told the Chronicle, “I didn’t feel like fabricating the truth to defend ourselves against her actions was the way to go about it. We were never going to pick up that many people. To say that 100 percent are dangerous criminals on the street, or that those people weren’t picked up because of the misguided actions of the mayor, is just wrong.”

He also told CNN that, typically, ICE never arrests 100 percent of people it initially targets in an operation, creating a misleading picture that the missed arrests in the recent Northern California operation were unusual. In fact, he told Oakland Fox affiliate KTVU that the operation was not even originally expected to arrest 232 suspected undocumented immigrants, making it more successful than planned.

Meanwhile, President Trump, who called Schaaf a disgrace during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, said ICE was prepared to arrest “close to 1,000 people,” but only got “a fraction” of that thanks to Schaaf.

“I just couldn’t bear the burden — continuing on as a representative of the agency and charged with upholding integrity, knowing that information was false,” Schwab told CNN.

People with the slightest regard for the truth are fleeing the Trump administration at all levels. And they're telling stories of the most flagrant lying and abuse of the system. Our nation has been poisoned.

I really hope if the Democrats grab a majority they can pursue some simple reforms. ICE has an important job, but they need to do it in a way that is respectful.

No more detainers, make them get a warrant. Give all suspects acess to lawyers. If the person is a sole caretaker of a family, give them a tracking device and let them out on bail. Simple things that let us enforce our immigration laws without treating the undocumented like animals.

There is actually. ICE has an important job. They enforce over 200 immigration and customs laws. What needs to change is how they do their jobs. They don't need to separate families, or waste resources on people who are non-violent and checking in and attempting to obtain legal status.

There is a ton of reason for ICE lol, this whole "borders aren't real" shtick needs to stop. We can make immigration/deportation a less painful process for sure, doesn't mean we sacrifice sovereignty over it.

I must have missed it living in the US. When did we give up our sovereignty? The real problem is tourists coming here and overstaying their visas. Net illegal immigration over the southern border is at 0 people per year, 3/4 of undocumented immigrants overstayed their tourist visas. So maybe ICE needs to start invading youth hostels and gated communities to round up rogue au pairs and backpackers.

Am I missing something? Neither Sessions nor the other guy were saying the mayor was responsible for the 800 criminals being at large. Just that her statements are likely to have helped at least one allude capture and made capturing them harder -- both things that seem like no-brainers. In terms of 'dangerous' criminals, not sure where 'dangerous' came from. I only see that in the quote of the person who resigned.

Homan said in a statement that “864 criminal aliens and public safety threats remain at large in the community, and I have to believe that some of them were able to elude us thanks to the mayor’s irresponsible decision. Unlike the politicians who attempt to undermine ICE’s critical mission, our officers will continue to fulfill their sworn duty to protect public safety.”

Just last week, in Sacramento, Sessions said, “Those are 800 wanted criminals that are now at large in that community — 800 wanted criminals that ICE will now have to pursue with more difficulty in more dangerous situations, all because of one mayor’s irresponsible action.”

Schwab, however, said that both the number of potential arrests and the blame heaped on Schaaf by officials were wrong.

As he told the Chronicle, “I didn’t feel like fabricating the truth to defend ourselves against her actions was the way to go about it. We were never going to pick up that many people. To say that 100 percent are dangerous criminals on the street, or that those people weren’t picked up because of the misguided actions of the mayor, is just wrong.”

It appears to me that Sessions absolutely is presenting the situation as the mayor is helping 800 criminals when the truth was that the mayor did not want to participate in helping the federal government in a general illegal immigrant round up.